unknown father of John Gage

Possibly John Gage

http://www.jeaniesgenealogy.com/2012/01/john-gage-of-ipswich-massac...

A lot of effort has gone into finding the ancestry of John Gage and at some point early on, erroneous information was published on his parentage. According to Robert Charles Anderson, author of "The Great Migration Begins", there is not enough concrete evidence to definitively say who John's parents were, however he concedes that with further research it could be possible to prove that a John Gage born in Suffolk, at the right time, and right place might be the man.  This John was baptized on 21 April 1606, in Kersey, Suffolk, England. His parents were John and Jane (Lufkin) Gage, who lived in nearby Boxford.  Boxford is only a few miles from Groton, Suffolk, and if you know your Massachusetts history, you will recall that this was the home of John Winthrop, first Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In fact the Winthrop family opened a private boy's school in Boxford and frequently attended sermons at the Boxford church. John Gage gave his age in depositions once in 1659, and again in 1662.  At the first deposition he gave his age as 50 and in 1662 he stated his age as 58. This would be in the ballpark for the "Boxford" John. 

Dear Elliott Hersey,

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hollye&id... (dead link)

I am contacting you about this profile: John Gage, of Bradford

I am sorry to have to report that, In spite of its appearance on a number of other genealogy websites there is absolutely no truth in the claim that the John Gage who was baptised at Kersey, Suffolk, England on 21 April 1606, and who emigrated to Massachusetts, in 1630 was the son of Sir John Gage, 1st Baronet of Firle, Sussex, and his wife Penelope Darcy.